Deuteronomy 26:11-13

11 and you and ¹the Levite and the alien who is among you shall ²rejoice in all the good which the LORD your God has given you and your household.

12 "³When you have finished paying all the tithe of your increase in the third year, the year of tithing, then you shall give it to the Levite, to the stranger, to the orphan and to the widow, that they may eat in your towns and be satisfied.

13 "You shall say before the LORD your God, 'I have removed the sacred portion from my house, and also have given it to the Levite and the alien, the orphan and the widow, according to all Your commandments which You have commanded me; ⁴I have not transgressed or forgotten any of Your commandments.

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Deuteronomy 26:11-13 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO DEUTERONOMY 26

This chapter treats of the basket of firstfruits to be brought and presented to the Lord, and the confession to be made along with it, De 26:1-11; and of the declaration to be made on the third year, the year of tithing, and the prayer annexed to it, De 26:12-15; and of the covenant made in a solemn manner between God and the people of Israel, De 26:16-19.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

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1. Deuteronomy 12:12
2. Deuteronomy 12:7; Deuteronomy 16:11; Ecclesiastes 3:12, 13; Ecclesiastes 5:18-20
3. Leviticus 27:30; Numbers 18:24; Deuteronomy 14:28, 29; Heb 7:5, 9, 10
4. Ps 119:141, 153, 176

Footnotes 4

[a]. Lit "tithing"
[b]. Or "fatherless"
[c]. Lit "gates"
[d]. Or "fatherless"

Deuteronomy 26:11-13

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Deuteronomy 26:11-13 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO DEUTERONOMY 26

Cross References 4

Footnotes 4